SOFI HÄKKINEN

SHINE THE LIGHT / TERVEISIÄ PAHVILAATIKOSTA, 2018

sculpture / veistos

DESCRIPTIONS:

1. Image of cardbox box with a hole on top and a text reading: “Shine the light.” A flashlight is attached to the cardboard box with a string. An introduction to the work is written on top of the image with white and pink letters:

”I couldn’t help but wonder; how small and fast can an artwork be, to be considered an artwork?”

“2018”

“Hi. What if this happened? Somewhere it is happening. When you shine the in the hole in the box it talks to you.”

2. Video documentation of the sculpture (2018, 0’12’’, color, stereo). A human hand comes into the the video, takes the flashlight, puts it on and points it into the hole on the box. The box says in Finnish: “Greetings from the cardboard box!” The soundscape consists of the background noise, the clicking sound from the flashlight and the speech coming from the box.